Those of you that were fans of The Alley, A Blues Bar in Sanford, will be happy to hear the bar has reopened. It’s now called The Wire, but the new owners are looking to bring back the same blues bar feel to Sanford.

According to Jillian Share, who is doing marketing for The Wire, when The Alley was bought from Donna Champion and Sandy Holcomb (the original owners) several months ago, changes in cover charges and management caused many regulars to go elsewhere. The bar ended up closing its doors due to financial concerns and the new owners took off. Share’s boyfriend and his brother approached Champion and Holcomb about buying the bar and bringing it back to its former self and they agreed. The name is still in litigation, so to not cause any problems, the new owners of The Wire have changed the name temporarily until any legal concerns are cleared up.

“We want it back to the way it was,” says Share. “It was always successful.”

And because of that success the blues bands are back too. This month Josh Miller plays Jan. 8 -9, Mike Dugan plays Jan. 15-16, Soul Cactus plays the bar’s five-year anniversary (of when the original The Alley opened) on Jan. 22-23 and Deuces Wild play on Jan. 29-30.